The House of Forgery in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Early Modern History) by Paul Baines ISBN 13: 9781840146011

Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. viii, 195 (1) pp. First Edition, 1999. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "This work offers a balanced interdisciplinary account of literary and criminal forgery as they were practiced, constructed and theorized in the 18th century as a corollary of the new documents of the financial banknotes, bills of exchange and promissory notes. The book surveys the crime and its mythology.".

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